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Not sure if it's allowed to ask two questions in one 'question' if it's not I'll separate them, but since they're both related to the monitor / dual monitor set up, I thought I'd just combine them..
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I'm rewriting my question, since it appears to not have been clear enough...
I am trying to find a way to pull the content from a github gist and put that content into either the terminal itself, a ...

I'm programming a cinnamon applet..It requires root access.. so I've managed to launch gksu when the user click on the applet.. but I get "could not grab your mouse" error
I've googled this problem ...

I have a MacBook Air where I have setup a dual boot partition between Mac OSX and Linux Mint. I originally did this as a way to get my feet wet with Linux Mint. I am now loving using Linux and only ...

I have been using windows for as far back as I could remember and developing in virtual boxes but I have decided to install Linux Mint onto a second hard drive on my main computer. Sadly, when I boot ...

Recently moved to Mint 17.1 from Ubuntu 14.04. I felt like my cursor movements were less accurate than before though it took me a little while to work out why. It turns out that when I move my on the ...

I am managing some web app development and am using Linux Mint/Cinnamon Nemo to SSH to some Ubuntu servers. When I upload a file, I would like it to retain the file modified data as it exists on the ...

I need to password protect my PDF file(s), because I am going to send them through email and I want anyone who would view my PDF file(s) to be prompted for a password.
How can I add a password to a ...

When I run 1Password (Windows version) using Wine on Linux Mint, should the belonging browser add-on running natively in Firefox work, or must the browser also run in Wine? Is there any settings or ...

I am beginner in linux-unix...In my office, i have been assigned to do work on linuxmint16. I have installed virtualbox and create two vhd. one is windows server 2008 and another one is windows 7. In ...

I installed Linux mint 17 on my PC a month back. I did not have any issues of WiFi until 2-3 days back.
2-3 days back I updated few packages through the update manager and since then the WiFi is not ...

I'm trying to get all the dependencies for a package..for example apache2
I've tried to use apt-cache depends apache2 but it gives some dependencies but when I want to install apache2 on a live CD it ...

I played with the application settings of Pidgin and now Pidgin doesn't have any titlebar and frame. I did this with "Right Click on the title bar>More Actions>Special Application Settings>Appearance ...

I have changed to Linux recently. Here I am experiencing very slow Internet connections for applications like apt-get and Firefox browsing through proxy (download speed in Firefox is pretty normal). ...

How to prepare for a possible unreadable disk from bios after swapping disks?
I want to switch out my old disk with my working linux mint 16 os and plug in a new disk and install linux mint 17. I am ...

I can set window rules for specific applications and match on process name, window title, window class and more properties.
I want to enforce the rule to a window name of a website opened in chrome.
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I am using Linux Mint 17.1(64-bit) dual booted with windows 7. I am a newbie to the Linux community and have been using Mint 17.1 for the last 2 months without any problem. Windows 7 is working fine.
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I would like to know how I can use start up scripts in .xsession in order to change the look of my Desktop, I assumed .xsession was in my home directory so I performed at my home directory: ls -a to ...

I'm not able to install/run Dropbox on Linux Mint 17.1.
I installed dropbox package from repository (and also from archive on official site - same results):
sudo apt-get install dropbox python-gpgme
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I'm using Linux Mint Cinnamon 17
When I try to install packages I get "check internet Connection"
I've looked for this error.. I've found that I must edit the "Software sources" In Software Manager..
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I replaced windows on a new think pad with mint 17.1. Left it running all weekend, and just restarted only to get the "s" to skip mounting message.
I googled and googled, yet nothing explains why I ...

I am working under Mint 16 and I want to remove jre7 packages (openjdk-7-jre, openjdk-7-jre-lib and openjdk-7-jre-headless) since I don't need them anymore.
Using synaptic or apt-get I can easily get ...

I am new to linux operating system. I heard that linux operating systems are fast and they can be customized to as our needs. i have installed linux mint 17. I am loving it and i would like to learn ...

I have a Dell XPS L502X with an Nvidia GeForce GT 540M and I'd like help installing the official drivers off the Nvidia site. Every time I try I brick my installation and have to re-install. Even if I ...

At school, using my windows 8.1 drive, I am automatically prompted with a login page on my default browser once I click on their wifi connection under Network Connections. I sign in using my username ...

Zip encryption has had often a bad reputation of being weak, but some would argue that a zip file encrypted using certain algorithms (such as by using AES), together with strong password, is really ...